Bell-Ringer: Vocabulary

Yesterday, we read the article from The New Yorker, "Is 'Anna Karenina' a Love Story?"
Find the following words in the text and annotate their meanings:
  • metafictional
  • martyr
  • anti-hero
  • fatalistic
  • reverent

‍Discussion: Anna Karenina

  • Ideas about symbolism of the stage?
  • What do you think Levin "understood" at the end of the movie?
  • Is it a love story?
  • Is Anna an anti-hero or a "martyr to Love"?
  • What is Rothman's "so what" in his article?
  • According to Rothman, how do the themes of Wright's version of the movie and Tolstoy's novel differ?

Rhetorical Strategies

Think about rhetorical strategies we have learned this year and that you already knew.
  • diction- connotation
  • imagery
  • details
  • syntax
  • allusion
  • figurative language (simile, metaphor, personification, idiom, hyperbole...)
  • parallel structure
  • repetition
  • antithesis
  • juxtaposition
  • appositive
  • rhetorical question

On a graphic organizer, find 3 examples of rhetorical strategies utilized in the text. Complete the graphic organizer by naming the strategy and discussing the effect of the strategy.